Detroit’s Charlie LeDuff Talks Writing, L Brooks Patterson, and “A Choo-Choo”

Jake Neher/WDET Writer Tom Wolfe died this week. Wolfe, who was famous for works such as "The Right Stuff" and...

Detroit’s Budget and Gambling Revenue [TRANSCRIPT]

If sports betting is legalized in Michigan for casinos to operate, estimates start at $300 million for its industry potential.  But what...

MSU Interim President John Engler, Survivor Talk $500 Million Nassar Settlement

Cheyna Roth/MPRN On Wednesday, a bombshell report exploded in Michigan and across the nation as Michigan State University announced a...

Author: The ‘Deep State’ is Real, But It Doesn’t Mean What You Think it Means

Mike Lofgren As the walls seem to close in on President Trump’s White House amid a criminal investigation into the 2016...

Study: Michigan’s Experiment with Term Limits Has Failed

Jake Neher/WDET Twenty-six years ago, voters in Michigan overwhelmingly supported a measure that created term limits for elected state officeholders....

Detroit Economy Trending Toward Improvement [TRANSCRIPT]

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Detroit branch Detroit's economy is improving, according to an index constructed from a combination of...

DPTV Roadshow Explores How Detroit Organizations Look to Fill ‘Skills Gap’

USDA.gov More than 800,000 jobs in Michigan might go unfilled between now and 2022 without an immediate influx of skilled...

Perception and Reality in Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip

Laura Weber Davis/WDET The contrast between Monday’s events in Jerusalem and on the Gaza Strip border was stark. In Jerusalem, there...

How Will Trump’s Presidency Affect the Midterm Elections in Michigan?

Jake Neher/WDET It's almost a historical inevitability in America that a new political party in the White House means losses for...

AuSable River Group: “We’ll Stop at Nothing to Preserve Waterway”

Michigan’s AuSable River is at the center of a lawsuit. A recreational fishing group is claiming that a commercial fish...

New Kresge Study Looks At Detroit’s Revitalization and Who’s Benefiting

Laura Weber Davis/WDET We've been talking for several years now about Detroit’s resurgence. We've contemplated, on this show and as a...

Four Tips for Watching Political Debates as Race for Governor Heats Up

Jake Neher/WDET When a political debate pops up on TV, do you immediately grab the remote or run for the...